Former Botanical Garden Head Peter Raven to Get Award from National Arboretum

Raasch, Chuck, St Louis Post-Dispatch (MO)

WASHINGTON * Former Missouri Botanical Garden head Peter Raven
will receive a Medal of Excellence from the National Arboretum on
Tuesday at an invitation-only ceremony that will also include a
discussion of his life's work.

The arboretum announced it is honoring Raven because of his
efforts promoting "gardens and ornamental horticulture as a way to
interest the public in conservation and supporting sustainable
environments."

It's only the third time that the arboretum, a 446-acre research
and education site in northeast Washington, has awarded the medal
since it was initiated in 2002. The arboretum announced details of
the ceremony on Friday, Raven's 78th birthday.

The first award was given posthumously 12 years ago to former
first lady Lady Bird Johnson for her work beautifying the capital.
The second was awarded in 2011 to Robert Bartlett, CEO for Bartlett
Trees, for his work improving trees at Arlington National Cemetery
and elsewhere.

Raven, who earlier this year told the Post-Dispatch he was
recovering from a broken neck from a fall in January, will be
interviewed by Sally J. …

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